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Title: UK Government Rejects 'Kill Switch' Idea For Dangerous AI

Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/11/16522...

The UK government has rejected proposals for an emergency AI "kill switch,"
arguing that blocking access to dangerous models inside Britain would do
little if the same systems remained available or were developed elsewhere.
The BBC reports: The proposal to create a legal mechanism for the UK to
switch off an AI model in an emergency has been brought to Parliament by
lords and MPs in recent weeks as fears grow about the threat the tech poses.
But the Cabinet Office - the part of government which leads on AI safety -
said the UK "cannot simply turn AI off". "Blocking access to models in the UK
would not prevent them being developed or misused elsewhere," a spokesperson
told BBC News. The government's opposition to the legislation does not
prevent it from progressing through parliament, but makes it unlikely it will
become law. "Switching off access to an AI model in an emergency will do
little to protect you," said former OpenAI researcher Daniel Kokotajilo.
"You're still going to be steamrolled by the super intelligences created in
the US."

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